在低收入,中等收入和高收入国家使用抗焦虑药物:世界心理健康调查报告
Dan J Stein1, Alan E Kazdin2, David S Baldwin3
1Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Human psychopharmacology
|December 31, 2025
概括
抗焦虑药物,主要是二,经常用于焦虑和睡眠,用户认为它是有效的. 然而,建议针对性处方和优先考虑抗抑郁药物治疗主要抑郁症.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 抗焦虑药物,特别是二,被广泛处方,引发了关于其临床用途的辩论.
- 关于焦虑缓解剂使用的跨国药物流行病学数据仍然有限.
- 这项研究调查了全球焦虑缓解剂使用的频率,原因和感知有效性.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定抗焦虑药物使用的全球患病率.
- 为了确定抗焦虑药物处方的主要指示.
- 评估在不同国家和条件下对抗焦虑药物的感知有效性.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自世界卫生组织世界心理健康 (WMH) 调查的数据.
- 进行了面对面的采访,采用了大量社区样本 (n=49,919).
- 经过验证的诊断面试和关于过去12个月内使用抗焦虑药物的具体问题.
主要成果:
- 5.6%的受访者报告使用抗焦虑药物,主要是二.
- 焦虑缓解剂的使用在患有重大抑郁情节 (MDE) 的人群中最高.
- 高收入国家 (HICs) 的比例明显高于低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs).
- 药物通常用于睡眠和焦虑,具有很高的有效性.
- 并发性MDE和焦虑对感知有效性的负面预测.
结论:
- 抗焦虑药物广泛用于焦虑和睡眠,并被认为是有效的.
- 数据表明需要更有针对性的抗焦虑药物处方.
- 优先考虑抗抑郁药治疗主要抑郁障碍至关重要.
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